Search Results: Sculptural Landmark
A complex of sculptures and hand-made structures, made from debris found in the area (car parts, bottles, wheels, railroad ties, etc.), and held together in a matrix of concrete. Built between 1967 and 1975, by a man named Rolling Mountain Thunder, who lived in the...
A museum and shrine, consisting of an assemblage of artifacts in a maze of display areas, built by one man to celebrate his notions of good health and happiness, loosely centered around oranges. The creator, Jeff McKissack, a retired postman, died in 1979, but the...
An unusual compound built by the flamboyant Eddie Owens Martin, who was subjected to commanding visions, such as the one that told him to build this personal retreat and sanctuary, and to call himself Saint EOM. He created a religion called Pasaquoyanism, a blend of...
A religious shrine built by a Catholic priest, the site consists of a network of paths, grottos, and caves covered in stones and shells. The original builder, Father Dobberstein, worked on the site for over 40 years, before his death in 1954. Another priest, Father...
This American landmark, composed of ten vintage Cadillacs buried nose-first in a field outside Amarillo, was originally installed in 1974. It was conceived by a group of artists and automobilists known as Ant Farm (Chip Ward, Hudson Marquez, and Doug Michaels), and...
A castle-like house and sculpture garden assembled by its owner, Edward Leedskalnin, over roughly a thirty year period. Mr. Leedskalnin quarried the limestone from his property for the construction of his house, which was partially a shrine to the woman he longed for...
A self-built, three-story, 8,000 square foot structure, that started out in 1972 as a private building project for the owner of the property, Howard Solomon, but which has turned into a tourist attraction. Numerous sculptures, a bell tower, and a 60 foot galleon...
Alan Sonfist's Time Landscape sculpture at the intersection of West Houston Street and LaGuardia Place in New York City's Greenwich Village represents this pioneer of the 1960's Earth/Land Art movement's signature concept of bringing nature back into the urban...